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What is a medical negligence claim? Firstly, a medical professional is negligent in the standard of care they provide. In turn, it causes a serious reduction in your quality of life. Additionally, it can mean that your career path has been altered in a negative manner. Therefore, you may want to pursue a medical negligence […]
In recent days, there have been several stories in the news connected to alleged substandard care in NHS maternity units around the country. The Department for Health and Social Care published a report this week stating that women in labour are being denied epidurals following an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph which we highlighted in […]
The month of March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a condition where the endometrial cells that line the uterus grow elsewhere in the body. These cells then begin to bleed in the same way that the cells in the uterus bleed. However, there is no way for this blood to leave the body and […]
You may have seen reports recently that patients are increasingly spending hours on hospital corridors waiting for a bed. The numbers regarding the term “corridor nursing” are staggering. Seven in ten nurses say they’re having to treat patients in undesignated treatment areas on a daily basis. The issue Some reports (one from a survey of […]
Two stories caught our eyes over the weekend; the first shows that so-called ‘bed-blocking’, where an NHS hospital is unable to discharge a patient back into the community because of a lack of social care provision, is at its highest rate since 2017. The second says that funding cuts to the social care sector are […]
The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ suicide report is of grave concern to mental health services. The Report reveals that poor treatment coupled with poor aftercare for people who self-harm or attempt suicide puts their lives at risk. Hospital self-harm admissions double According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists suicide report, admissions for self-harming doubled in […]
We’re increasingly seeing a need for more private healthcare oversight. Accordingly, we wrote recently about the extensive harm caused to thousands of breast cancer patients by Ian Paterson. These incidents came while he was under employment by the private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare at three of their facilities, as well as two NHS hospitals. If […]
You will no doubt have seen coverage today of the official inquiry into the actions of Ian Paterson, who performed multiple unnecessary surgical procedures. The results of the inquiry were announced today. Of note, the inquiry found that opportunities to stop Paterson were missed because staff and bosses at the hospitals he worked at displayed […]
We’re sure that we weren’t the only ones who were appalled when they saw on BBC Breakfast, heard on a BBC radio station or read on the BBC News website the results of a BBC investigation that showed that some of those who have suffered a serious medical emergency, such as a heart attack or […]
A recently published survey of doctors in The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that around a third of them are at risk of suffering from burnout, stress and supposed ‘compassion fatigue’. The survey, the largest published study of its kind according to The BMJ, featured responses from 1,651 doctors and shows that 31% of […]
You may have seen that allegations appeared in The Sunday Telegraph about epidural negligence. It seems six NHS Trusts, mostly in the South East of England, withheld epidurals from those in labour. The allegations, in part, place blame on a “cult of natural childbirth.” It should be said that there are valid reasons for withholding […]
The NHS has announced plans to pilot community crisis, or ‘rapid response’, teams that will visit people in their homes within two hours in seven areas across the country. The Guardian reports that it is hoped that the teams, which will consist of a range of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and social care […]
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